An external fixator is a frame made of metal that keeps your bones in place. Pins from the ex fix are inserted through your skin and into your bones to help them heal or grow, and they may be ...

An external pelvic fixator is a surgical procedure that stabilizes a broken hip or pelvic bone. A surgeon will use small screws, pins, and carbon fiber bars to stabilize the fracture.

In an interview last month with Fox 5 DC’s Angie Goff, Alex Smith talked about the fixator, saying it was saving his leg, allowing him to heal. He said at the time it would be removed in four to ...

The Washington Redskins quarterback has had the external fixator, which he had worn since breaking both lower bones of his right leg in November, removed nearly eight months later.

Alex Smith took another step in his long, arduous journey toward potentially resuming his football career. The Washington Redskins quarterback shed the external fixator that had been keeping his ...

Figure 2e. Skeletal stabilization with the external fixator. Figure 2f. Appearance of third and fourth digits of the left hand eight months after injury. Figure 2g.